Steven Bartlett with Jessie Inchauspé
Inchauspé says a glass of orange juice has about 25 grams of sugar, matching Coca-Cola; without fruit's fiber, juice can cause a sharp glucose spike.
In Inchauspé’s account, very high maternal glucose can place epigenetic switches on fetal DNA, increasing later vulnerability to diabetes and obesity; she separately describes an association between gestational diabetes and psychiatric disorders, with inflammation proposed as a mechanism.
She says four eggs a day can supply the choline needed during pregnancy to support the baby’s brain development.
Juicing fruit removes its protective fiber, while the glucose and fructose in orange juice are absorbed the same way as those in Coca-Cola.